How Jordan Davis Was
Born
Alyssa Lyons
I’m often asked where I got the
idea for Jordan Ashley Davis and the series. The truth is both humorous and
bizarre.
While living in Pittsburgh, my
mother, who lived with us, died and was cremated. I hauled her ashes from
Pittsburgh to Bern, Switzerland, and then back to Virginia.
About four years after she died,
my sister and I got together in San Francisco, where she lived. My mother had
always wanted her ashes scattered in front of the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange.
Unfortunately, during the decade since she’d been there, the trees no longer
existed. So, one day at three in the morning, my sister and I dressed in black,
put camo on our faces, and headed for the gardens in front of City Hall with
Mom’s ashes and trowels in hand.
Unlike Jordan, we escaped without
arrest.
